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New high-def S3 graphics processor announced: ESC 2008 seems hot this year, and S3 Graphics just announced its 65-nanometer 4300E graphics processor this morning. The company claims that the 4300E outperforms its competition by as much as 30 percent, and is the only discrete high-performance HD video and graphics processor designed specifically to...; Tags: S3 Inc., Processor, Multimedia, Video, Graphics, GPU, ESC 2008, 4300E, Connectability, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-16
S3 Graphics launches Chrome 400 Series - DirectX 10.1 and HD support for under 60: S3 Graphics launches Chrome 400 Series - DirectX 10.1 and HD support for under 60Benchmarks?Forget Crysis, I'll be buying that in four years or so once hardware that can run it decent exists. But for a middle of the road benchmark right now, say for example how many frames...; Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Chrome 400-Series, DirectX 10.1, S3 Graphics, S3 Inc., DirectX, graphics; Discussion threads 2008-03-20
S3 Graphics launches Chrome 400 Series - DirectX 10.1 and HD support for under $60: Most people are surprised to hear that there's an alternative to ATi and nVIDIA when choosing graphics cards, but there is. Today S3 Graphics have released the first card in the Chrome 400 Series - the Chrome 430 GT. The Chrome 430 GT is a little different...; Tags: Card, S3 Inc., Video, Graphics, DirectX, S3 Graphics, HD, Chrome 430 GT, Video Engine, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-03-20
Amazon explains its S3 outage: Amazon explains its S3 outagePower grid point response...>>Do we hold computing power to a higher standard than the electric grid?; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Web site development, Salesforce.com Inc., Amazon.com Inc., software-as-a-service, computing, S3 Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-02-16
Amazon explains its S3 outage: Amazon has issued a statement that adds a little more clarity to its Web services outage on Friday. Here's Amazon's explanation of the S3 outage, which wreaked havoc on startups and other enterprises relying on Amazon's cloud. Early this morning, at 3:30am PST, we started seeing...; Tags: S3 Inc., Health Care, Amazon.com Inc., Authentication Service, Outage, Manufacturing, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-16

Amazon S3 web services down. Bad, bad news for customers.: Update 12/16/08, 2:30PM EST: Nick Carr wrote a good post-mortem. So did Larry Dignan. Update 12/16/08, 11:00AM EST: Amazon reports the cause of the problem: Early this morning, at 3:30am PST, we started seeing elevated levels of authenticated requests from multiple users in one of our...; Tags: S3 Inc., Web Service, Amazon.com Inc., PST, Blogging, Software As A Service (SaaS), Service Level Management, Web Services, Security, Internet, Emerging Technologies, It Operations, It service Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-02-15
Bucket Explorer (12): Bucket Explorer is a User Interface for Amazon's Simple Storage Service, S3. Amazon allows you to store data securely in folder like "buckets" on S3 for "pay only for what you use" price. Using Bucket Explorer, you can safely and securely store your files off-site on S3, access your files...; Tags: S3 Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Bucket Explorer, Productivity, Backups; Software downloads 2008-01-29
Amazon's latest web service? A database: Amazon Web Services Evangelist Jeff Barr has been at it again, using Twitter to announce the release of his employer's latest offering. Amazon has come a long way since its days as a big book shop, and is increasingly making a name for itself as an exemplar...; Tags: S3 Inc., Web, Database, Web Service, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Web Services Evangelist Jeff Barr, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2007-12-17
Google Gdrive: for real this time?: Google Gdrive: for real this time?S3You forgot to mention Amazon S3 as one of the competitors to beat. With some software frontend, like JungleDisk for eg, S3 provides an real alternative.Gmail; Tags: E-mail providers, Ad Revenue, Verizon Communications Inc., e-mail, Google Gmail, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., S3 Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-11-28
Albatross18: S3 Revolution (exe): Multiplayer. Online. Golf. Like you've never seen it. Set in the beautiful backdrop of a fantasy world where reality stops and magic abounds, Albatross18 S3 Revolution presents a unique experience to the game of golf--mixing elements of classic golf play with the popularity of fantasy role-playing games. Featuring upgradeable avatars...; Tags: S3 Inc., Online Game, OGplanet, Albatross18 S3 Revolution, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2007-11-05
On-demand software squared: Coupa launches SaaS e-procurement system running on Amazon's EC2 service: On-demand software squared: Coupa launches SaaS e-procurement system running on Amazon's EC2 serviceIt's not going to be pretty for awhile ...The Amazon S3 SLA is a good move, but note that for Coupa to work for a customer S3 must be up, EC2 must be up, the network access to...; Tags: Service level management, Software as a Service (SaaS), Purchasing & Procurement, Coupa, S3 Inc., SLA, Amazon.com Inc., e-procurement, software-as-a-service, on-demand; Discussion threads 2007-10-19
Amazon S3 service promises 99.9 percent uptime: Amazon S3 service promises 99.9 percent uptime99.9999999999999?Lol, I've worked in a number of enterprises and though everyone loves to talk smack about high uptime the number of systems that actually hit just 99.9% taking into account planned and unplanned downtime are very rare. Sure, if you're VISA, but that's...; Tags: Service level management, Amazon.com Inc., uptime, S3 Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-10-09
Amazon S3 service promises 99.9 percent uptime: Amazon's S3 storage service is growing up and adopting a Service Level Agreement SLA. In a blog post, Amazon Web Services AWS detailed its SLA, which defines a minimum level of performance and imposes penalties if S3 all resources doesn't deliver. Amazon noted that formalizing the SLA was the...; Tags: S3 Inc., SLA, Amazon.com Inc., Uptime, Service Level Management, It Operations, It service Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-09
News to know: Google's virtual worlds; Amazon S3; Forsee out; Aviary: Notable headlines: Google tools to power virtual worlds. Gallery right. ReadWriteWeb: Here Comes the Money: YouTube Videos Coming to AdSense. Google: Introducing video units. Amazon S3 gets service level agreement. Larry Dignan: Forsee out at Sprint. Russell...; Tags: Google Inc., S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, SAP AG, Amazon.com Inc., Video, Sprint Communications, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software, Management; Blog posts 2007-10-09
Amazon S3 Firefox Organizer(S3Fox) (2): S3Fox Organizer helps you organize/manage/store your files on Amazon S3. Amazon S3 Firefox Organizer(S3Fox) is easy to install and use as it is integrated into the browser. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: S3 Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Web Browsers, Internet; Software downloads 2007-09-27
With a 'wholesale' model, Nirvanix's API-based storage service to take on Amazon's S3: Although it's not priced as favorably as Amazon's API-based Simple Storage Service (S3), Nirvanix must think its equally API-driven storage offering is sufficiently differentiated from what Amazon has to offer that it's worth the slight premium you'll have to pay. Compared to S3 which charges 15 cents per gigabyte...; Tags: S3 Inc., API, Amazon.com Inc., Nirvanix, Storage, Hardware, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-09-14
Set up S3 sleep state in Vista for significant power savings: Unlike older power management modes, S3 sleep state knocks your computer out almost cold, maintaining just enough alertness for you to wake it up. Your computer will typically draw only about 2 to 3 watts of power while it sleeps, and it will take only a few seconds to pick...; Tags: S3 Inc., Power Management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Justin James, Productivity; Download resources 2007-05-21
Amazon mum on EC2, S3 spending: While Amazon delivered a blow-out quarter it remains quiet about detailing how much it is spending on the fast-growing EC2 and S3 Web services. On the first quarter earnings conference call, Bear Stearns analyst Robert Peck tried to pin down Amazon AMZN executives on...; Tags: Utility computing, Amazon, Web Technology, General, Enterprise 2.0; Blog posts 2007-04-25
Web 2.0 Expo: Amazon's S3 passes 5 billion objects stored: Web 2.0 Expo: Amazon's S3 passes 5 billion objects storedS3didn't they make graphics chips, back in like, the Paleozoic?:o); Tags: Video cards, Semiconductors, S3 Inc., Amazon.com Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-04-16
Web 2.0 Expo: Amazon's S3 passes 5 billion objects stored: Speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo shared the growth numbers for S3, the companys on demand storage service. In July of 2006, S3 held 800,000 million objects. Today the number surpasses 5 billion. The best day was 920,847,345 objects added and the peak second is ...; Tags: Web 2.0 Expo, SaaS, General, Amazon; Blog posts 2007-04-16